Pharma law must be strictly enforced
THE CHINA FOOD AND DRUG Administration recently announced its decision to reject eight drug enterprises' applications for the registration of 11 new drugs, saying their clinical test data was either false or incomplete. The hospitals that provided the data are being investigated. A Beijing News editorial calls for strict enforcement of the law because such drugs are related to people's health and even lives.
On July 22, the China Food and Drug Administration gave the pharmaceutical companies a chance to withdraw applications containing false data, yet such cheating was still found in the applications submitted.
It should be emphasized that drugs are a special product, as they are supposed to save lives and protect health. The hospitals that provided the false clinical data and the medical enterprises that used it are placing patients at risk.
